The EPL coach also stressed that the World Cup would be generally tough
Browsing: Arsene Wenger
His current deal is due to expire next month but the club are now preparing to make the announcement that Wenger has committed for another cycle which stands to take him beyond 20 years at Arsenal. He joined as ‘Arsène Who?’ from Nagoya Grampus Eight in September 1996
The France international centre-back has been a rock at the heart of the Arsenal backline this season, forming a partnership with Per Mertesacker that many believe to be the best in the Premier League
Arsène Wenger says that clubs who break European football’s financial fair play regulations ought to be kicked out of the…
After the final whistle on Sunday, the Arsenal players, many of them carrying their children, walked around the pitch in a lap of appreciation
They had just one attempt on goal in the first 45 minutes, nine in the second half, and Mathieu Flamini’s equaliser was the result of fine teamwork
Wilfried Bony put the visitors in front with an early header, but substitute Lukas Podolski converted from close range in the 73rd minute, before providing the assist for Olivier Giroud just over one minute later
Having slumped to a 2-0 first leg defeat at the Emirates, Arsene Wenger admitted his side’s task of overturning the score was ‘impossible’, but the Gunners went out with a bow following a gutsy performance in the German capital
Arsenal trail 2-0 from the last-16 first leg at the Emirates Stadium and no club have overturned anything greater than a one-goal deficit when playing away from home in Champions League knockout ties
Ramsey had more than two years remaining on the deal he signed in December 2012 but it is a measure of how highly Arsène Wenger regards the 23-year-old midfielder that the Arsenal manager was keen to extend the player’s contract at the earliest opportunity as well as approve a significant wage increase
Elsewhere in the last 16, Atletico Madrid took a giant step towards the last eight with a hard fought 1-0 over AC Milan in the San Siro
Bayern Munich are in town, for the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday night, and it was impossible to ignore the echoes of history. It was Bayern who beat Arsenal at the same stage of last season’s competition and, in many respects, reinforced an uncomfortable reality
Arsenal, who won four matches to finish second in Group F, have not lost at home in their last 13 games and defender Per Mertesacker is confident of another positive result
Three competitions are on the line. In recent seasons Arsenal have been derailed when a cluster of high-profile games with different honours at stake hurtles into their path, and Wenger understands why there are doubts about whether they can overcome the tendency to implode
The Dutch striker left the Emirates Stadium in the summer of 2012 for Manchester United, which he helped to win the Premier League title last season
The draw means Manchester City and Chelsea can overtake the Premier League leaders if they win their fixtures on Wednesday but Wenger, whose side arrived late due to congestion around the stadium, refused to regard the draw as a missed opportunity
The Arsenal manager expressed his surprise that Chelsea should do business with a Premier League rival, albeit one that is flagging this season, and he warned his Stamford Bridge counterpart, José Mourinho, that he could live to regret the decision in the longer term
Fulham’s Dutch goalkeeper produced save after save as the Gunners poured forward and he denied Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud and Santi Cazorla in the opening period
The news will be desperately disappointing for the Gunners boss, Arsene Wenger, who may be forced to bolster his options in the January transfer window as a result of his striker shortage
Last season’s two league clashes ended 2-1 in favour of the men from Stamford Bridge, who also won a League Cup fourth-round meeting at the Emirates Stadium 2-0 earlier in this campaign